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Mark Hodson

@markehodson.bsky.social

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Soil scientist, earthworm ecologist, academic at University of York

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Mark Hodson @markehodson.bsky.social · Apr 11

Come and work with us at University of York on an exciting, multi-institution two year Leverhulme Trust funded project looking at the impact of #flooding on #earthworms #job #postdoc #SoilHealth

See jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese... for details or email me direct [email protected]

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Mark Hodson @markehodson.bsky.social · Jul 24

Great to see Xiao Xiao at University of York for graduation for her PhD yesterday. You can find her thesis papers on #earthworms #microplastics and #cadmium at
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Mark Hodson @markehodson.bsky.social · Jul 21

Kids are growing up with climate change, but aren't learning about it in school! 🤯 Let's demand climate education for every UK child. Sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...

Teach children in the UK how to help the planet!

We would like the UK government to implement climate change and protecting the earth into all school curriculums to ensure that our generation are informed about the choices they make and the impact w...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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Mark Hodson @markehodson.bsky.social · Jun 10

Congrats to Zheng Fang on his latest PhD paper. This one shows that #microplastics can reduce the toxicity of salinity to #earthworms and that salinity is a more significant environmental challenge to earthworms than microplastics.

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Mark Hodson @markehodson.bsky.social · Apr 15

#postdoc #job opportunity for a #hydrological #modeller working with Dr Megan Klaar, River Basin Processes and Management research group at University of Leeds as part of our #earthworms and #flooding @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project.

Job details are at:
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Hydrological Modelling

Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have an established background in hydrology, hydraulics and climate modelling? Do you want to work in a trans-disciplinary resea...

jobs.leeds.ac.uk

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Mark Hodson @markehodson.bsky.social · Mar 15

Celebratory post-viva beers celebrating with James MacDonald of Queen Mary together with internal Andrew Leitch and supervisors @anneropiquet.bsky.social and Huw Jones. James' biogeochemical adventure continues next month when he starts at Bristol working with Penny Johnes

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Mark Hodson @markehodson.bsky.social · Mar 7

#job for a Technician in the Biology dept at the University of York and working with myself at @uoyenvironment.bsky.social on projects to improve nutrient retention, water retention, and carbon sequestration in soils: gathering and analysing data. Apply by 30/3/2025.
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/tech...

Jobs - The University of York

jobs.york.ac.uk

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Mark Hodson @markehodson.bsky.social · Jan 28

Latest NERC rejection in. Any thoughts on who might fund research into mechanisms by which #earthworms boost #plant growth as a follow up to this study www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... and as a means to identify methods to try and reduce fertiliser inputs welcome!

Enhanced plant growth in the presence of earthworms correlates with changes in soil microbiota but not nutrient availability

Earthworms enhance plant growth but the precise mechanism by which this occurs is not known. An understanding of the mechanism could potentially suppo…

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Mark Hodson @markehodson.bsky.social · Jan 21

A good days sampling on the River Swale floodplain with #EcoWild PGR Mahmuda Islam

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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · Jan 17

Cool PhD project combatting soil erosion in Ethiopia with indigenous agricultural plants. Funded by @ukri.org QUARTILES DLA and complementary to a couple new projects with Ethiopian scientists funded by REDAA and GCBC so you will be surrounded by a team.

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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